Classic Motorsports is published every other month, so that is why the July issue is still on the stands when the September issue is mailed to subscribers. I expect the new issue will be in the news stands shortly.
My impression of the article was that Tim Suddard was trying to compare the essence of the two cars, not the actual 0-60 performance, etc. and to provide those unfamiliar with the originals and the replicas some sense of each and why someone would chose one over the other.
I, too, would find a road test comparison of the various replicas vs. originals to be interesting, but there is so much variation between each individual handcrafted car that an accurate, reproducible test would be impossible, I suspect.
More importantly for many readers who have never had and will never have a Cobra of any kind, the article was entertaining reading for any car geek. Why do most of us read car magazines from cover to cover about cars we will never own or drive? For entertainment, to be Walter Mitty for a few minutes, vicariously experiencing the thrills, the frustrations, the pain and the joys of driving and riding in these wonderful speedships.
I think Tim succeeded very well in providing that insight and that entertainment and probably got a few folks fired up to try a Cobra on for size!
